Aksum adopts Christianity
King Ezana puts the cross on Aksum's coins
King Ezana of Aksum, guided by his tutor Frumentius, converted to Christianity, and the cross replaced pagan symbols on his coins. Aksum, a trading power linking Rome, Arabia and India, became one of the world's first Christian states.
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Among the first Christian states were Armenia (traditionally 301) and Aksum in Ethiopia (around 330). Rome merely legalized Christianity in 313.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 313 Edict of Milan — 17 years earlier
- 330 Founding of Constantinople — same year
Asia
- c. 320 Founding of the Gupta Empire — 10 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Constantine the Great (aged 58)
- Ezana of Axum (aged 10)
- Anthony the Great (aged 79)